House roll call 552 · 33rd Congress · Feb 20, 1855
To table the motion to reconsider the vote by which H.R. 102 granting lands equally to the several states, to aid the construction of railroads and for the supp
On Feb 20, 1855, the House voted 81–63 (HR 102). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 79–11, Others 2–52. 11 members voted against their own party.
During the 33rd Congress (1853–1854), Franklin Pierce was president.
- Yes
- 81
- No
- 63
- Did not vote
- 98
- Date
- Feb 20, 1855
By party
- Democrats79 yes · 11 no · 69 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 52 no · 28 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT voted no
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA voted no
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ voted no
- Charles Skelton D-NJ voted no
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ voted no
- John Wheeler D-NY voted no
- William Adams Walker D-NY voted no
- Charles Hughes D-NY voted no
- Peter Rowe D-NY voted no
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA voted no
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI voted no
How each representative voted: Yes
- William Russell Smith D-AL
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Williamson Robert Winfield Cobb D-AL
- James Ferguson Dowdell D-AL
- Alfred Burton Greenwood D-AR
- Edward Allen Warren D-AR
- James Alexander Mcdougall D-CA
- Milton Slocum Latham D-CA
- Nathan Belcher D-CT
- Augustus Emmett Maxwell D-FL
- Elijah Webb Chastain D-GA
- Elihu Benjamin Washburne O-IL
- John Wentworth D-IL
- William Alexander Richardson D-IL
- James Cameron Allen D-IL
- William Hayden English D-IN
- Thomas Andrews Hendricks D-IN
- John Givan Davis D-IN
- Ebenezer Mattoon Chamberlain D-IN
- Andrew Jackson Harlan D-IN
- John Cabell Breckinridge D-KY
- Richard Henry Stanton D-KY
- William Dunbar D-LA
- John Perkins Jr. D-LA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks D-MA
- Jacob Shower D-MD
- Joshua Van Sant D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Moses Macdonald D-ME
- Thomas James Duncan Fuller D-ME
- Samuel Clark D-MI
- Thomas Hart Benton D-MO
- Mordecai Oliver O-MO
- John Smith Phelps D-MO
- William Taylor Sullivan Barry D-MS
- Henry Marchmore Shaw D-NC
- Thomas Ruffin D-NC
- William Shepperd Ashe D-NC
- Francis Burton Craige D-NC
- George Washington Kittredge D-NH
- Harry Hibbard D-NH
- William Murray D-NY
- John James Taylor D-NY
- George Hastings D-NY
- David Tiernan Disney D-OH
- Matthias H. Nichols D-OH
- Alfred Peck Edgerton D-OH
- Andrew Ellison D-OH
- Frederick William Green D-OH
- Edson Baldwin Olds D-OH
- William Dell Lindsley D-OH
- Harvey Hull Johnson D-OH
- Wilson Shannon D-OH
- Andrew Stuart D-OH
- Thomas Birch Florence D-PA
- John Robbins D-PA
- William Henry Witte D-PA
- John Mcnair D-PA
- Samuel Augustus Bridges D-PA
- Jehu Glancy Jones D-PA
- Hendrick Bradley Wright D-PA
- Galusha Aaron Grow D-PA
- James Gamble D-PA
- Augustus Drum D-PA
- John Littleton Dawson D-PA
- John Mcqueen D-SC
- William Aiken D-SC
- Laurence Massillon Keitt D-SC
- James Lawrence Orr D-SC
- William Waters Boyce D-SC
- Samuel Axley Smith D-TN
- George Washington Jones D-TN
- Frederick Perry Stanton D-TN
- George Washington Smyth D-TX
- John Singleton Millson D-VA
- Thomas Stanley Bocock D-VA
- Paulus Powell D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-VA
- John Letcher D-VA
- Daniel Wells Jr. D-WI
- Ben C. Eastman D-WI
How each representative voted: No
- Origen Storrs Seymour D-CT
- James Lindsay Seward D-GA
- Jesse Olds Norton O-IL
- James Knox O-IL
- Samuel Wilson Parker O-IN
- Francis Marion Bristow O-KY
- Clement Sidney Hill O-KY
- Leander Martin Cox O-KY
- Thomas Dawes Eliot O-MA
- Samuel Leonard Crocker O-MA
- Samuel Hurd Walley O-MA
- William Appleton O-MA
- Charles Wentworth Upham O-MA
- Tappan Wentworth O-MA
- Ephraim Wilder Farley O-ME
- Samuel Page Benson O-ME
- Samuel Caruthers O-MO
- John Kerr Jr. O-NC
- Richard Clauselle Puryear O-NC
- Nathan Taylor Stratton D-NJ
- Charles Skelton D-NJ
- Samuel Lilly D-NJ
- Alexander Cumming McWhorter Pennington O-NJ
- John Wheeler D-NY
- William Adams Walker D-NY
- Isaac Teller O-NY
- Russell Sage O-NY
- Charles Hughes D-NY
- George Abel Simmons O-NY
- Peter Rowe D-NY
- George William Chase O-NY
- Henry Bennett O-NY
- Henry Charles Goodwin O-NY
- Edwin Barber Morgan O-NY
- Davis Carpenter O-NY
- Thomas Thorn Flagler O-NY
- Solomon George Haven O-NY
- John Scott Harrison O-OH
- Lewis Davis Campbell O-OH
- Aaron Harlan O-OH
- Moses Bledso Corwin O-OH
- John Lampkin Taylor O-OH
- William Robinson Sapp O-OH
- Edward Ball O-OH
- Edward Wade O-OH
- Joshua Reed Giddings O-OH
- William Everhart O-PA
- Isaac Ellmaker Hiester O-PA
- Ner Middleswarth O-PA
- William Henry Kurtz D-PA
- Samuel Lyon Russell O-PA
- John Mcculloch O-PA
- David Ritchie O-PA
- Thomas Marshall Howe O-PA
- Benjamin Babock Thurston D-RI
- Nathaniel Green Taylor O-TN
- William Cullom O-TN
- Charles Ready O-TN
- Robert Malone Bugg O-TN
- Felix Kirk Zollicoffer O-TN
- Emerson Etheridge O-TN
- Andrew Tracy O-VT
- Alvah Sabin O-VT
Did not vote
- Philip Phillips D-AL
- James Abercrombie O-AL
- Sampson Willis Harris D-AL
- James Timothy Pratt D-CT
- Colin Macrae Ingersoll D-CT
- George Read Riddle D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- David Jackson Bailey D-GA
- William Barton Wade Dent D-GA
- Junius Hillyer D-GA
- David Addison Reese O-GA
- Alexander Hamilton Stephens O-GA
- Bernhart Henn D-IA
- John Parsons Cook O-IA
- Richard Yates O-IL
- William Harrison Bissell O-IL
- Willis Allen D-IL
- Smith Miller D-IN
- Cyrus Livingston Dunham D-IN
- James Henry Lane D-IN
- Daniel Mace D-IN
- Norman Eddy D-IN
- Linn Boyd D-KY
- Benjamin Edwards Grey O-KY
- Presley Underwood Ewing O-KY
- James Stone Chrisman D-KY
- John Milton Elliott D-KY
- William Preston O-KY
- Theodore Gaillard Hunt O-LA
- Roland Jones D-LA
- Zeno Scudder O-MA
- John Wiley Edmands O-MA
- Alexander De Witt O-MA
- Edward Dickinson O-MA
- John Zacheus Goodrich O-MA
- John Rankin Franklin O-MD
- Henry May D-MD
- Augustus Rhodes Sollers O-MD
- Samuel Mayall D-ME
- Israel Washburn Jr. O-ME
- David Stuart D-MI
- David Addison Noble D-MI
- Hestor Lockhart Stevens D-MI
- Alfred William Lamb D-MO
- James Johnson Lindley O-MO
- John Gaines Miller O-MO
- Daniel Boone Wright D-MS
- Otho Robards Singleton D-MS
- Wiley Pope Harris D-MS
- William Barksdale D-MS
- Sion Hart Rogers O-NC
- Thomas Lanier Clingman D-NC
- George Washington Morrison D-NH
- George Vail D-NJ
- James Maurice D-NY
- Thomas William Cumming D-NY
- Hiram Walbridge D-NY
- Michael Walsh D-NY
- William Marcy Tweed D-NY
- Francis Brockholst Cutting D-NY
- Jared Valentine Peck D-NY
- Theodoric Romeyn Westbrook D-NY
- Gilbert Dean D-NY
- Rufus Wheeler Peckham D-NY
- Bishop Perkins D-NY
- Orsamus Benajah Matteson O-NY
- Gerrit Smith O-NY
- Caleb Lyon I-NY
- Daniel Terryll Jones D-NY
- Andrew Oliver D-NY
- Azariah Boody O-NY
- Benjamin Pringle O-NY
- Reuben Eaton Fenton D-NY
- Thomas Ritchey D-OH
- George Bliss D-OH
- Joseph Ripley Chandler O-PA
- Henry Augustus Muhlenberg D-PA
- Christian Markle Straub D-PA
- Asa Packer D-PA
- Michael Carver Trout D-PA
- Carlton Brandaga Curtis D-PA
- John Dick O-PA
- Thomas Davis D-RI
- Preston Smith Brooks D-SC
- Brookins Campbell D-TN
- William Montgomery Churchwell D-TN
- Peter Hansbrough Bell D-TX
- Thomas Henry Bayly D-VA
- John Samuels Caskie D-VA
- William Osborne Goode D-VA
- William Smith D-VA
- Zedekiah Kidwell D-VA
- Charles Swearinger Lewis D-VA
- John Fryall Snodgrass D-VA
- Henry Alonzo Edmundson D-VA
- Fayette Mcmullen D-VA
- James Meacham O-VT
- John B. Macy D-WI
Other votes
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